Fountain Lake vs Hot Springs Village

A side-by-side comparison of Fountain Lake and Hot Springs Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Fountain Lake and Hot Springs Village are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hot Springs Village has the higher population (16,509 vs 651 in Fountain Lake). Hot Springs Village has the higher median household income ($69,953 vs $57,885 in Fountain Lake). Hot Springs Village has the higher median home value ($262,000 vs $160,200 in Fountain Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs Village
Population	651	16,509
Median age	42.1 yrs	69.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,885	$69,953
Median home value	$160,200	$262,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,167
Housing units	286	9,707
Homeownership rate	76.2%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	35.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs Village
Population	520 → 651 (+25.2%)	14,779 → 16,509 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$54,375 → $57,885 (+6.5%)	$58,899 → $69,953 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$97,500 → $160,200 (+64.3%)	$207,800 → $262,000 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $963 (-72.5%)	$1,076 → $1,167 (+8.5%)

Fountain Lake

Population

520651

Median household income

$54,375$57,885

Median home value

$97,500$160,200

Median gross rent

$3,501$963

Hot Springs Village

Population

14,77916,509

Median household income

$58,899$69,953

Median home value

$207,800$262,000

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs Village
Under 5	8.4%	1.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	5.4%
18 to 24	2.8%	2.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	4.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	4.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	7.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	13.5%	28.3%
75 and over	4.1%	31.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs Village
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.2%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs Village
No high school diploma	9.9%	2.5%
High school graduate	45.6%	23.0%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.0%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	13.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs Village
Drove alone	65.7%	73.6%
Carpooled	11.7%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	15.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs Village
1-unit, detached	72.0%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	28.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Fountain Lake	Hot Springs Village
Poverty rate	23.3%	9.5%
Average household size	2.54	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	22	30
Median year structure built	1985	1994